What, exactly, makes this nation “America”?

It’s not economics. Economic conditions are always the result of a nation’s culture and policies, not the cause. We need to ask what created the culture and policies that made us the most prosperous nation in history.

The answer tells us what we, as a nation, believe. Our Founders began by saying, “We hold these truths to be self-evident”.

Our entire history flows from our belief in those self-evident truths.

In modern language, the truths of America’s heritage are:

  1. God exists and is the highest authority.
  2. Our Creator is the source of our unalienable rights
  3. The voice of the church is a necessary part of a free society
  4. There are legitimate limits on the power of the state
  5. The government is accountable to the people for its conduct
  6. Government functions should be handled at the most local level of government possible
  7. Every person must be treated equally before the law
  8. Every person deserves the opportunity to direct his own destiny
  9. The fundamental unit of American society is the family
  10. Church and community are the preferred providers of social welfare programs
  11. There is an American culture, forged from a melting pot of ethnicities, and embraced by generations of settlers who came seeking to become part of this nation

To preserve those truths, we must:

  1. Evaluate government programs and policies by deciding if each strengthens or weakens these principles.  Like the mission statement of any business or organization, the principles of our heritage must be the basis for every decision on every issue at every level of government.
  2. Restore the proper balance between the Church and the State
  3. Strengthen and support the family
  4. Support effective education to ensure that the people are both literate and historically aware so they understand and can fulfill their role as the guardians of their own liberty.

 

Our heritage was paid for with the lives, fortunes, and honor of our Founders.

It has been protected with the blood of our military men and women.

Today, we are its guardians. 

Let history show that we rose to defend it!